Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Bodine High School, February 15, 2011

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at Bodine High School
Legendary NBA player and best-selling author, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, visited The William Bodine High School for International Affairs in Philadelphia for a school assembly on February 15th. Nearly 300 students and faculty were in attendance at the program which included a question and answer session with the legendary sports icon and the NBA's All-Time leading scorer.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's Skyhook Foundation, in conjunction with his alma mater UCLA and the National Council for the Social Studies, selected Bodine High School as the only school in the tri-state region to partake in this special program which will focus on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's On the Shoulders of Giants — a film-based educational program designed to increase knowledge and awareness among US high school students of the impact of the Harlem Renaissance and its leading figures in sports, music, literature and history. The program coincides with Bodine's celebration and observances of Black History Month.

Watch the trailer for On the Shoulders of Giants
Interview with Fox29 TV's Jen Frederick
Interview with CBS Radio 1210's Dom Giordano
Philadelphia Daily News coverage of the event
Daily News sportswriter Sam Donnellon covers the event
WHYY's NewsWorks coverage of the event
PhillyChitChat Social Diary coverage of the event
NBA HotSpot coverage of the event

View photos from the event at our Flickr album!